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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
8
A store advertises Xmas candy and nuts, touting cleanliness and compliance with the Pure Food Law. It highlights two solid tons of dip on display and a fine line of Fancy Box Candy as superior gifts for wives or sweethearts. The shop promises politeness and promptness at the point of sale.
A large Monday crowd filled Mount Sterling Market with about 5 000 cattle. Prices rose for top steers and heavy cattle while many sales occurred to buyers from Bath and Clark counties as Christmas shopping swelled stores and a Tax Supervisors board was named for the coming year.
CAPT. JAMES T. WILLIAMS of Spring Station Woodford county announced his candidacy for the Prison Commission subject to Democratic caucus action. He came to Frankfort to deliver a twenty nine pound turkey to Hon. W. J. Bryan in Lincoln as a Christmas present, a gesture he has repeated since 1896.
The funeral for Thomas Phelps who died Monday night in Richmond Ky was held yesterday at 1 30 pm He was about seventy a longtime county settler and the last surviving pioneer whose ancestors served at Fort Boonesboro He was a devout Baptist member.
An old classified style note cites Fox Bros offering Christmas coal with a date 12 21 21. The fragment suggests a local sales pitch or gift item tied to holiday season and regional merchants.
The notice asks shoppers to help merchants and workers by carrying small bundles themselves, reminding customers that shop staff are over worked during the holiday trade and to be considerate.
The saying argues persistent advertising is essential for any seller with a good product because people naturally forget. It emphasizes constant promotion to keep attention and sales momentum alive.
Mt Sterling Ky December 23 R E Creel of the Singer Sewing Machine Co is jailed on embezzlement charges alleged to amount to several hundred dollars Creel skipped then surrendered waived examination and was held to circuit court under a 500 dollar bond.
W C Kiestler of Halliday Ark says Electric Bitters cured his malaria and stomach issues and strengthens nerves. The ad claims it purifies blood and boosts energy. Money back if no help. 50 cents at Phillips Drug store.
A brief holiday notice highlighting Lowney's gift boxes and Mrs Chas. R. West fruit baskets offered Monday Wednesday Friday as a festive option.
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